Lee Kit

Hong Kong | 1978

Lee Kit is a Hong Kong Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1978. His work is currently being shown at Fridericianum in Kassel. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Wiener Secession have featured Lee Kit's work in the past.Lee Kit's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 363 USD to 56,332 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2015 the record price for this artist at auction is 56,332 USD for Johnson's- No More Tears, sold at Christie's Hong Kong in 2015. Lee Kit has been featured in articles for The Art Newspaper, Art Viewer and ARTnews. The most recent article is Immersive and Multi-Layered: Lee Kit's Expansive Installation at the Fridericianum written for ArtDaily in January 2025.

At Auction

Notable Lots

you. ,2012

By Lee Kit

-7%

below mid-estimate

HAND PAINTED CLOTH USED AS TOWEL - Lee Kit

HAND PAINTED CLOTH USED AS TOWEL ,2004

By Lee Kit

Lip Therapy with Vaseline ,2012

By Lee Kit

+38%

above mid-estimate

VIEW 35 ARTWORKS

Recent Auction Results

Untitled ,2009

By Lee Kit

Martini Studio d'Arte

A Piano Song ,2017

By Lee Kit

-60%

below mid-estimate

Christie's Hong Kong

Cardboard painting ,2012

By Lee Kit

Martini Studio d'Arte

VIEW 34 AUCTION RESULTS

Current Exhibitions

Lee Kit: His Gaze Has Turned Into Disdain for Those Who are Well-Intentioed yet Incapable. (A Quiet Day)

Fridericianum

Kassel | Germany

Jan 25,2025 - Jun 15,2025

Past Exhibitions

Lee Kit: Anticipated inertia (2 rooms)

MASSIMODECARLO, Pièce Unique

3e | Paris | France

Feb 04,2025 - Feb 15,2025

Forms of the Shadow

Wiener Secession

Vienna | Austria

Sep 20,2024 - Nov 17,2024

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Articles

Immersive and Multi-Layered: Lee Kit's Expansive Installation at the Fridericianum

ArtDaily 26/01/2025

The Fridericianum celebrates the institutional debut of the artist Lee Kit in Germany with a concentrated solo exhibition.

Art Collaboration Kyoto Finds Its Groove by Connecting past and Present

The Art Newspaper 03/11/2024

The unusual Japanese fair is holding its fourth edition with 69 local and international galleries participating.

Forms of the Shadow at Secession

Art Viewer 13/10/2024

The Vienna Secession is delighted to host the major group exhibition Forms of the Shadow; curated by Sunjung Kim, Artistic Director of the Art Sonje Center in Seoul.

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Coverage

“ ..Lee devises a situation that delves into our consciousness through seeing, feeling, acting, and simply being... ”
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Osage, Hong Kong

“ ..Lee’s practice proposes the poetics of the everyday; merging art with daily life, questioning the ways in which the viewer interacts with and perceives one’s surroundings... ”
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Lombard-Freid Projects

“ ..For Lee, the spaces in between are as significant as these contemporary readymades, the emptiness just as poignant... ”
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Lombard-Freid Projects

“ ..Lee creates poetic object-based installations fashioned from everyday materials and household items such as soap, towels, cardboard boxes, and plastic containers, which he transforms through subtle gestures... ”
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Walker Art Center